diff --git a/criu/Makefile b/criu/Makefile
index b696c6355..1807c1087 100644
--- a/criu/Makefile
+++ b/criu/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
-#
-# HOST part is needed to build helper
-# tools such as piegen.
-HOSTCC			?= gcc
-HOSTLD			?= ld
-HOSTCFLAGS		?= $(CFLAGS)
-CFLAGS			+= $(USERCFLAGS)
-
 # here is a workaround for a bug in libnl-3:
 # 6a8d90f5fec4 "attr: Allow attribute type 0" 
 WRAPFLAGS		+= -Wl,--wrap=nla_parse,--wrap=nlmsg_parse
 
-export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTCFLAGS
-
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
         SRCARCH		:= x86
         LDARCH		:= i386:x86-64